Measurements of an optimized beam for x-ray computed mammotomography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5368, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 311-319

  McKinley, Randolph L ^a,b   Samei, Ehsan ^a,b   Brzymialkiewicz, Caryl N ^a,b   Tornai, Martin P ^a,b   Floyd, Carey E ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam hardening; Beam optimization; Contrast; Image quality; Mammotomography; Monochromatic; Noise; SNR; Source filtration; Spectral quality

Indexed keywords

BEAM HARDENING; BEAM OPTIMIZATION; CONTRAST; MAMMOTOMOGRAPHY; MONOCHROMATIC; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO (SNR); SOURCE FILTRATION; SPECTRAL QUALITY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CESIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; FILTRATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TISSUE; X RAYS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 3042639552     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.536033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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